Sherfane Rutherford 68(39) & Alzarri Joseph 4 wkts played a main role in winning the match against New Zealand.

At once West Indies were 22/4 in 6th over. Sherfane Rutherford batted sensibly and scored 68(39.He took the total to 149/9 in 20 overs. West Indies won the match by 13 runs.

After winning the toss, New Zealand opted to bowl first. It worked for them, West Indies lost 4 Wkts in powerplay. But Sherfane Rutherford batted slowly and made small small partnerships with Akeal Hosein, Andre Russell, Shepard and Motie.

Sherfane Rutherford scored 37 runs in the last two overs. He had hit 2 Four’s and 6 sixes in his 68 runs and made West Indies to score 149/9 in 20 overs.

New Zealand started well, but could not utilize it. Glenn Phillips 40(33) is the highest score for New Zealand. Finn Allen scored 26(23).

West Indies Bowlers Alzarri Joseph had taken 4 Wkts by giving 19 runs in 4 overs. Gudakesh Motie also bowled superbly, he had taken 3 Wkts.

West Indies have won all the 3 matches they played and qualified for Super8, still one match left in the group level against Afghanistan..

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